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What the owner is owed · EU Data Act

New devices must be born open.

Products placed on the market after Sep 2026 must make their data accessible by design.

Data accessibility becomes a product requirement, like safety. When you specify new building systems, 'where does the data come out?' is a question the manufacturer must already have answered.

Paraphrase. The articles below say it precisely.

When

12 September 2026Applies to products placed on the market from this date

The law behind it

Where it lives

Stop 0, Reader, Stop 1, Controller ; alongside the path: Air and climate sensor, Energy meter, Occupancy sensor.

What to ask beside it

Cyber Resilience Act: Is the hardware born secure — and who patches it? In the rulebook

See it in the rulebook · This right in the knowledge base

Not legal advice. This is the author’s own reading of the law, written to help facilities managers ask better questions. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer. For decisions, read the official text and take legal advice.